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‘She overreached herself in a failed attack on Paris and was subsequently captured by the Burgundians who sold her to the English.’

‘His prime subject has always been England and the English.’

‘And as any subcontinental cricketer will tell you, beating the English in England is very special.’

‘In the 1600s this clan had been involved in border wars between the Scots and the English.’

‘For example, after the defeat of Napoleon, the English and Russians occupied Paris.’

‘Writing on Portuguese wines was dominated by the English.’

‘The control of real property was a goal of the Indians as well as the English.’

‘And shall we condemn the English for what they did to the American and other colonies?’

‘For the Indians, the gifts re-enforced their equal partnership with the English.’

‘I've nothing against England or the English: I've lived here for eight years and my other half is a Yorkshireman.’

‘Only two years later Charles I was executed and his son proclaimed Charles II by the Scots in defiance of the English.’

‘Patrick particularly told me about life in England, and the general behaviour of the English.’

‘In that same interview, with New York magazine, she delivered what appeared to be a savage attack on England and the English.’

‘He got a promise of France not interfering in a Spanish war against the English.’

‘The story goes that the first blows were struck at about ten in the morning and for many hours the Normans could make no impression on the English.’

‘It's thought to be endemic in the English. ‘An Englishman's home is his castle’.’

‘The Caribbean was a scene of permanent warfare between the English and Spaniards.’

3North American mass nounSpin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards.

‘put more English on the ball’

‘English is used to dramatically increase or decrease the cue ball deflection angle.’

‘Right English on the Cue Ball will throw the Object Ball to the left.’

‘Make a firm decision on English and/or the cue ball path before bending down to make the shot.’

English is the principal language of Great Britain, the US, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many other countries. It is the second most commonly spoken first language, with some 400 million native speakers, and is the world's most widely used second language. English belongs to the West Germanic group of Indo-European languages, though its vocabulary has been much influenced by Norman French and Latin

Origin

Old English Englisc (see Angle, -ish). The word originally denoted the early Germanic settlers of Britain (Angles, Saxons, and Jutes), or their language (now called Old English).